wipe someone's nose

verb

To defeat someone humiliatingly, usually by robbing or killing.

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Meanings

verbwipe someone's nose (third-person singular simple present wipes someone's nose, present participle wiping someone's nose, simple past and past participle wiped someone's nose)

present singular third person wipes someone's nose · participle present wiping someone's nose · participle past wiped someone's nose · past wiped someone's nose

  1. idiomaticslangAfrican-American VernacularTo defeat someone humiliatingly, usually by robbing or killing.
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Chicago

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